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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersMar 20, 2018

Final· Barclays Center
Goals123TShots123T
PIT0101PIT15121037
NYI2024NYI13171040
PIT 64NYI 64
PIT 3.25NYI 4.92
PP goals
PIT 0NYI 1
Hits
PIT 17NYI 25
Blocks
PIT 14NYI 13
PIM
PIT 12NYI 4
PIT 52%NYI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Tavares, Leddy, Lee and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:14 together.

  1. Points
    Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:39.Barzal
  2. Points
    John Tavares had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:04.Tavares
  3. PP1
    NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Tavares, Leddy, Lee and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:14 together.BaileyTavaresLeddyLeeBarzal
  4. New line
    New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 12:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (51.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CrosbyRustGuentzel
  5. Goalie
    Matt Murray (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +10 against a season average of 29.0; the loss.Murray
  6. Goalie
    Christopher Gibson (NYI) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +2 against a season average of 35.5; the win.Gibson
  7. Luck
    PIT scored 1 goal on 3.25 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. New line
    New look for NYI: Cizikas–Wagner–Johnston skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CizikasWagnerJohnston

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, PIT at NYI: 128 attempts, 77 on goal, 5 goals, 8.17 expected goals; best chance Jordan Eberle at 0.59 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · NYI 64 · PIT 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at NYI: expected goals 4.92 to 3.25 (NYI led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 64, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYIPITBPSLEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYIPITcontrol2nd3rdBarzal · 1st 5:10Pelech · 1st 10:33Sheary · 2nd 17:14Lee · 3rd 5:41Eberle · 3rd 17:31
  • NYI pressure
  • PIT pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 23% of the game, NYI 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at NYI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Christopher Gibson (59:52) for NYI and Matt Murray (59:26) for PIT, 5 goals.

NYI
PIT
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatPITNYI
6752
3.172.73
3.062.63
2219
45
2025
+0.006−0.006
23%36%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:10
    PIT 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 10:33
    PIT 0 – 2 NYI

2nd period

  1. 17:14
    PIT 1 – 2 NYI

3rd period

  1. 5:41
    PIT 1 – 3 NYI
  2. 17:31
    PIT 1 – 4 NYI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1000-240.3611017:58——6059
Bryan Rust RL1000-120.2131017:23——5758
Jake Guentzel CL1000-100.1610013:48——5454
Evgeni Malkin CL2000-110.0401218:34——5747
Carl Hagelin LL2000030.1902017:33——5544
Patric Hornqvist RL2000-140.4620216:18——5846
Phil Kessel RL3011-130.1100016:59——5050
Derick Brassard CL3011020.0810014:35——5949
Conor Sheary LL3101020.3110010:49——5861
Riley Sheahan CL4000010.1201010:22——5071
Josh Jooris RL4000000.000008:35——6777
Tom Kuhnhackl RL4000010.101008:18——6773
Kris Letang DD1000-140.2901223:25——6060
Brian Dumoulin DD1000-120.2332222:42——5862
Olli Maatta DD2000-110.0722219:11——5855
Chad Ruhwedel DD2000-110.2110017:38——6161
Jamie Oleksiak DD3000040.0612219:02——5043
Justin Schultz DD3000020.2501018:11——5343
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Matt Murray(start)L39363.9234.3359:26

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Andrew Ladd LL1011+150.5510017:27——7165
Brock Nelson CL1000+100.1300017:05——7569
Tanner Fritz CL1011+100.0040013:42——6868
John Tavares CL2022020.3901020:04——3240
Josh Bailey RL2000-130.4600017:52——2930
Anders Lee LL2101-130.5020217:23——3734
Mathew Barzal CL3112+140.3900017:39——4350
Jordan Eberle RL3101+240.8510017:17——3945
Anthony Beauvillier RL3000+220.5801015:06——4257
Casey Cizikas CL4000010.0110012:00——2320
Chris Wagner RL4000010.0650010:29——3325
Ross Johnston LL4000030.2132010:08——2920
Nick Leddy DD1011020.1611023:57——2830
Johnny Boychuk DD1011010.0232019:00——2325
Dennis Seidenberg DD2000+110.0531018:38——4747
Adam Pelech DD2101+160.3103017:11——5048
Ryan Pulock DD3011+120.2302219:11——5864
Thomas Hickey DD3000+100.0010013:59——6371
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Christopher Gibson(start)W37361.9733.2559:52